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EXPLOSION OF NAPHTHA.; THREE MEN KILLED OUTRIGHT. HOW THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED PUMPING THE FLUID FROM THE BARRELS TO A TANK A LIGHTER ENVELOPED IN FLAMES EFFORTS OF THE FIREMEN TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION UNKNOWN.

By the explosion, yesterday, of a large quantity of naphthaeon board the oil lighter Caution, ]ying at the dock of the Metropolitan Gas Company, at the foot of West Forty-first-street, three persons were killed and another person was so terribly injured that it is feared he will also die. View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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A version of this archives appears in print on May 29, 1877, on Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: EXPLOSION OF NAPHTHA.; THREE MEN KILLED OUTRIGHT. HOW THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED PUMPING THE FLUID FROM THE BARRELS TO A TANK A LIGHTER ENVELOPED IN FLAMES EFFORTS OF THE FIREMEN TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION UNKNOWN. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe